Debby's Dog Training & Consulting LLC

09/02/2025

Don’t be a primate when doing dog-dog introductions!

This week I write about how our primate behavior of circling around a newbie is the worst way to watch dogs meeting each other for the first time. Just. Keep. Walking! I beg of all of us, and illustrate some fun body language when Skip, kick-ass rescue terrier Rocky, and shier Leo meet up at the farm.

Let’s have a conversation—how do you handle introductions between two dogs?

Read on: http://bit.ly/4lCnp7E

12/26/2024

Happy holidays and season greetings to all my friends, family, and clients this year. It was a great year and I will see some of you next year. Others have graduated and moved on, but will always be in my friendship circle.
Some of my happy clients I had the pressure to work with this year!!

09/18/2024

Hanging out with a previous client that I am boarding while owner is in Europe.

06/23/2024

Gearing up for our training workshop and seminar tomorrow at Indiana Coyote Rescue Center where I will be training some of the coyotes, dogs, and wolf dogs with the attendees hopefully learning how to further help the critters. Hope to do some enrichment if the weather holds up!!!

06/04/2024

Thank you Debby's Dog Training & Consulting LLC for the food and treat donation from our WISH LIST sent in and we look forward to your upcoming visit and internal seminar/workshop on body language and handling techniques.

04/12/2024

My newest blog about the importance of crate training

Crate & Confinement training I will answer some common questions and concerns in the following blog. There will be a common underlying the

08/12/2023

Know your species typical behavior and body language!!

04/25/2023

Very nice to see so many zoos and other facilities doing regular enrichment. Enrichment shouldn’t be thought of as extra, but necessary to allow an animal to express thei natural behaviors. Therefore creativity is needed as well as an understanding of ethology.
Everyone knows, or I hope they do, that elephants are incredibly smart animals, live in complex social groups, and have a wide variety of communication skills.
So enrichment can’t just be physical stimulation, especially for animals with higher cognition, they must simulate their brains.

This is why puzzle toys, scent games, and even trick training for dogs is enrichment beyond satisfying their taste and foraging skills.